Road leveler



W. H. BANWART.

ROAD LEVELER. APPLICATION man sEPT.2a. 191s.

`1,418,225 Patented Mayf30, 1922.

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WILLIAM R. BANWART, OF WEST BEND, IOWA.

ROAD LEVELER.

Application filed September 23, 1918.

To all who/m, t may concern.'

Be it known that l, WILLIAM R. BANWART, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1West Bend, in the county of Palo Alto and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Road Leveler, of which the following is a specification.

This inventio-n relates to machines for use in leveling roads one of Vits objects being to provide simple and inexpensive machine which can be drawn either by horses or by a tractor and which will pass over all depressions, iilling them with material removed from high portions of the road surface.

Another object is to provide a machine of this character which will reduce the material to a finely comminuted statethus to permit it to be mixed readily with cement or other material to form a hard top dressing.

A still further object is to provide a road machine having a combined platform and drag for smoothing the top surface.

With thel foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and comb-inations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that various changes may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or Asacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

ln the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

ln said drawings- Figure l is a side elevation of the machine.

' Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a. vertical section.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, l designates a board arranged perpendicularly to the surface of the road to be dressed and secured to the front face of this board is a pla-te 2 the lower edge of which extends slightly below the board to constitute a scraper. A platform and drag extend rearwardly from the lower edge of the board and at right angles thereto, as shown-at 3, there being braces/l connecting the rear edge of the platform with the upper portion of the board l, as shown. Standards 5 are extended upwardly from the end portions of the board and are connected by a rail 6 which forms a handle to be grasped by the occupant of the platform.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1922.

Serial No. 255,304.

Extending forwardly from the board 1 is a tongue 7 having braces 8 and to which horses may be hitched. A supporting loop 9 depends from the front portion of the tongue and extending through it is a rod 10 the rearend of which is connected to the middle portion of the board while brace rods l1 connect the side portions of the board to the rod. The front end of the rod l0 is adapted to be hitched to a tractor. Both the tongue 7 and the rod l() extend at an angle from the board l so that in use the board is extended obliquely to the path of travel.

Vhen the machine is drawn forward the lower edge of the plate 2 will scrape the raised portions of the. road and the loosened material will shift along the. board 1 and fill depressions in the road. The platform and drag 3 will smooth and compress the surface and tend to pulverize the dirt so that it can be mixed readily with cement or the like to form a hard dressing. The depth of the material removed by the scraping plate 2 can be regulated by the operator moving forwardly or rearwardly upon the platform 3.

`What is claimed is A road scraper vincluding an upstanding board, a scraper plate secured to the front face thereof and extending below the lower edge of the board and throughout the length of the board, a platform fixed relative to and extending rearwardly from the board close to but above the lower edge of the board, bracing devices connecting the rear portion of the platform to the upper portion of the board, said platform constituting means for supporting the weight of the driver at desired distances from the scraper and at either side o-f the center thereof, thereby to vary the action of the. scraper upon the soil engaged thereby, a draft device connected to the upper portion of the board adjacent the center thereof, said board being obliquely disposed relative to the draft device, and a hand rail ixedly connected to and supported above the board and adapted to be grasped by the driver standing on the platform.

In testimony that claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WLLIAM R. BANWART. 

